Icainul, Icainūl, Icai-nul: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: The significance of the mūla-beras (natya)Icainūl refers to the “book on music” and represents the seventh book (nūl) of the Kūttanūl: a treatise on dance-drama and represents important piece of Tamil literature.—Icai or “music” is intimately related to dance. In Icainūl (book on music), the ascending and descending musical notes of the thirty melodies, which are not in vogue, are well brought out. Some of these songs are handled by the tevāram (a garland of devotional songs praising Śiva) saints. The melodies found in the Icainūl are used nowadays for dance songs. Moreover, the devotional songs sung by the tevāram saints are also used as devotional pieces in dances.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
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